One great titbit from the Kitbashed article was the fact that the original design of The Millennium Falcon was seen to be too similar from the Eagle from SPACE 1999, which can be seen by this gorgeous image by Ralph McQuarrie.

This sucked up most of my evening last night a fascinating design history of the Millennium Falcon by Michael Heinemann, including all the early models and the weepingly beautiful work of Ralph McQuarrie (see above). An excellent article from an excellent site.